American
TV series is short for American TV series. American TV series became
increasingly popular in China after the introduction of lost and prison break
in 1870's the man from the Atlantic ocean. The popularity of American TV series
inevitably has its own unique characteristics.

In
the American television industry structure system, commercial television has
been the main body. The media industry's supercarriers, time warner inc., Disney
group, news corp and CBS, as well as cable, public television, local television
and satellite television, make up the United States' vast television network.
In addition to the direct stations in the cities where the major television
networks are located, there are also a number of satellite stations throughout
the country. This network structure of large TV media companies combined with
their respective stations is the most important feature of American TV
organization system.

American
audiences will see about 5,000 new episodes of television every year. These TV
works are aired from mid-september to late April of the following year, so we
watch American TV series on a seasonal basis and only see one episode per week.
This may be difficult for Chinese audiences to accept, after all, it is
different from our TV broadcasting system. American TV series and its focus on
ratings, a poor TV series can not survive, if ratings under the network will
cut it. This promotes us TV series to pursue excellent production, which is a
great pressure and challenge for writers, directors and actors. Therefore, we
can enjoy the works of god dramas. For the most part, each episode of American
TV series has invested a huge amount of money. For example, Rome spent $100
million on seven years, er spent $13 million on each episode, prehistoric times
spent nearly $20 million on its first episode, and lost cost about $5 million
per episode. The input cost of each TV series can catch up with the total cost
of a domestic movie.

American
dramas include soap operas, sitcoms and melodramas. We are usually familiar
with plot series, such as science fiction, crime drama, medical drama,
adventure drama, fantasy drama, war drama and so on.

The
novel and unique themes of American TV series have deeply attracted Chinese
audiences, especially young Chinese audiences. Most of them feel the aesthetic
fatigue of the prominent theme of Chinese TV series, "wife, children, hot
kang head". Therefore, they show great interest in American TV series with
novel and bold themes. TV drama happened to capture the latest events, such as
"24" is after 9.11 U.S.
anti-terrorism measures the performance of each stage. People who watch
American TV series often know that the police and government, which symbolize
justice, tend to be the villains in the series, while prisoners or small
characters tend to represent justice. The theme selection of American TV series
has very strong characteristics, such as humans with super powers, zombies with
cannibalism all over the city, plane crash landing on a deserted island and so
on. These only exist in our childhood fantasy, domestic TV series and movies
rarely cover this aspect, and young people like adventure thrills, which is one
of the reasons why American TV series are popular.

In
the American TV series, the characters are portrayed incisively and vividly.
Good people are not always good, bad people are not always bad, the complexity
of characters, everyone has their own ideas, according to their own interests
to choose a position. For example, cera in HEROS killed a lot of people to
seize superpowers, but he was extremely vulnerable in his heart. His desire for
motherly love and recognition was also taken advantage of by Pitt's mother, and
sela became a good man in the last season to help Peter beat Samuel. Prison
break's psychopathic t-bag, a scheming, scheming serial killer, is depicted on
the other side of him as compassionate, warm and kind. Or the cop in there,
who's a tough guy in prison, but dies while helping MICHAEL and LINCOLN escape
in the final season.

American
TV series pay attention to its cultural characteristics. Americans admire
individual heroism. In lost, doctor Jack is the leader of the team, and all
members obey his leadership. There is also a second leader between them, that
is, John's positioning is Jack's conscious brain. When Jack is confused or
confused, John will come forward and give advice and advice. "" the
walking dead" "has that kind of relationship, too, with Rick as the absolute
leader, and Daryl and Dale as the no. 2 leader. Cars and motorcycles play an
important role in American culture, so in "the walking dead," we see
Daryl's handsome motorcycle. Americans pursue freedom and the spirit of
rebellion. Even though their opponents are so powerful, the main characters in
American TV dramas are never afraid. What prison break and burn in the ashes
are faced with are all persecuted by the President. The American TV series pays
attention to the issue of racial discrimination. In many American TV series,
black people often sacrifice themselves to save lives. This can be interpreted
as that the director wants to highlight the kindness and selflessness of black
people.

Some
American TV series look grand, blindly pursue visual effect, infinite burst
plasma caters to audience's alternative aesthetic demand, but the story also
contains the deep philosophy, in the drama always can sublimate the theme,
achieves the result which causes deep thought. For example, in "the
walking dead", facing the doomsday full of zombies, the shortage of food
and other resources, and facing the few survivors, will people get together to
overcome the difficulties? While people are curious about the 2012 doomsday
hypothesis, the show has already given people an answer. In the face of the
threat of life, the shortage of supplies will lead to a great deal of violence
between people. At this time, human nature and human civilization are
destroyed, exposing the animal nature of instinct. In order to survive, occupy
territory and resources, as in the walking dead Rick and the governor's war.

"The
end of the world" is about the world's blackout and the fall of the
government. Similarly, in the face of runaway situations, people steal and kill
for supplies. In the absence of power is the rise of many petty warlords who
fought each other for territory.

In
"lost," the ending is mixed, with six years of anticipation leading
up to a ghost movie. However, from another perspective, this is the sublimation
of the whole film. After death, the world becomes perfect. Jack has a son who
has repaired the "father-son relationship". John had a father's love
instead of a ruthless con man who stole his kidney; Daniel became a pianist,
not a physicist; James becomes a cop, not a criminal. In this world, everyone
has got the most care about the things, love the people, in the past life most
want to get but have not realized. In this world, they finally get together and
go to heaven. In this world they have achieved self-redemption.

"The
Pacific war" and "brothers" are good historical war plays. Both
plays are interspersed with documentaries. There are memories of world war ii
veterans at the beginning, middle and end of the show. Both plays are piecemeal
narratives, with each episode addressing each war example. In each episode,
apart from the big scenes, the war scenes also highlight the description of
soldiers under fire. The nervous recruits were shot instantly for their lack of
battlefield experience, leaving the veterans to lament. Because of the high nervous
tension, the sleeping sentry woke up and mistakenly regarded his comrades as
enemies and stabbed them with bayonets. A war hero returning from the
battlefield temporarily abandoned his new wife for the mediocrity of raising
money for the war. The troops who had just retired from the front line were
hoping to return to their homeland for recuperation, but they were again sent
to the front by the urgent order of the front line, leaving the soldiers silent
and lost. Soldiers fear death; Soldiers hate war; In the face of the enemy, the
soldiers were immeasurably brave. At the end of the series, the director shows
the psychological trauma suffered by the soldiers after the war. These wounds
affect not only the soldiers themselves, but also their families. American TV
series take war dramas very seriously, completely restore historical facts,
highlight the cruelty of war, and put people first to highlight the tragedy of
soldiers in and after war.

Therefore,
American TV series have made great efforts to sublimate the theme. While
appreciating the grand scenes and exciting plots, we are also thinking about
the philosophy of life. The depth of their thoughts is highly sought after by
young people, especially contemporary college students.

The
mechanism and advantages of American TV series are worth learning from. Film
and television products not only bring huge economic effects, but also benefit
the dissemination of national culture. The most direct way for a foreigner to
learn about the culture of the country is through film and television.
Therefore, in the production of film and television works, we should take the
essence and discard the dross, and produce better film and television works, so
that our culture can better go to the world.